[TowerTalk] Adhesive lined heat shrink for connectors

[Don]

Another place to look for the flooded or adhesive lined heat shrink is ship 
and fishing fleet outfitters. We purchased our heat shrink at Englund Marine 
(who have stores/rigging shops at several fishing fleet ports in CA, WA and 
OR) at pricing well below what the 'electronics' houses had 
posted/available. Dual wall, high shrink ratio and in any color we wanted as 
long as we wanted black. Shrunk tight on the UHF connectors and RG-213.

If you live near a salt sea ship/fishing fleet port these outfitters also 
typically carry lots of other 'stuff' useful to the ham community, and in 
particular stainless steel hardware, fixtures, tubing, cable, corrosion and 
washout blocking greases, etc. Many also may have qualified riggers who can 
proficently create high quality replacement crankup tower cables (where our 
HG-70HD cable replacements came from), including in SS.

Don W7WLL

-----Original Message----- 
From: Tom LeClerc W1TJL
Sent: Monday, November 03, 2014 7:23 AM
To: Byron Tatum
Cc: TowerTalk at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Adhesive lined heat shrink for connectors

I bought a bunch of this in various sizes for various coax / hardline
sizes for a VERY good price off eBay.  Works great and so far the
results have been what I expected.  In addition to waterproofing the
back end it helps support and stiffen the coax to connector joint.  I
have it in sizes from 1/8 inch to over 2 inches (all pre-shrunk
sizes).  Be aware that there are also various degrees of shrinkage
available.  Some shrink 2 to 1 and some 3 to 1 and there may be even
more.

I searched on the word Flooded Heat Shrink to find it...

73, Tom W1TJL

On Mon, Nov 3, 2014 at 9:23 AM, Byron Tatum <bjtatum1 at att.net> wrote:
> Hello-
>    I am preparing some feedlines for my two towers and the installation of 
> about 10 tower mounted (mostly VHF/UHF) antennas. I will be using 1-5/8", 
> 7/8" and 1/2" heliax, all going back to N-type connectors on RG-214/U 
> rotor loops; plus some LMR-400 coaxial connectors on the masts.
>   I installed some 7/8" heliax connectors that came with adhesive lined 
> heat shrink and I really like it. The heat shrink sealed the connector to 
> the cable. I wish to buy some of the same for all of my connectors, plus 
> some to cover the entire junction of various cables. The greatest OD 
> change I have is from 1-5/8" heliax (2.5" OD connector) down to an 
> N-connector on RG-214/U (0.81"). I see some 3:1 and 4:1 adhesive lined 
> heat shrink on ebay (from overseas) but thought I would ask what is the 
> best brand or type and where to get it.
>   Thanks all, Byron WA5THJ
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